Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rep"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rep \Rep\ (r?p), n. [Prob. a corruption of rib: cf. F. reps.]
A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and
having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rep \Rep\, a.
Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely;
-- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rep
n 1: informal abbreviation of `representative'
2: a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs [syn: {repp}]
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